Medvedkin and Marker Film Series Explores Political Cinema at University of Chicago
From October 12 to November 2, 2011, the University of Chicago's Film Studies Center showcased a collection of films by Aleksandr Medvedkin and Chris Marker. This presentation was part of the Vision and Communism exhibit at the Smart Museum of Art, which was a key element of the larger Soviet Arts Experience, featuring 100 events across 26 venues. The series kicked off with Medvedkin's 1930s films and included Marker's Class of Conflict, concluding with his 1977 work, A Grin Without A Cat. It's interesting to note that Marker's films The Train Rolls and The Last Bolshevik were not part of this lineup. Both filmmakers aimed to captivate viewers with their politically charged stories.
Key facts
- Film series featured Aleksandr Medvedkin and Chris Marker
- Screened at Film Studies Center, University of Chicago on October 12, 19, and November 2, 2011
- Part of the Vision and Communism exhibition at Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
- Component of the larger Soviet Arts Experience (100 programs across 26 Chicago venues)
- Medvedkin and Marker first met at Leipzig Film Festival in 1967
- Medvedkin's film train project in the 1930s brought cinema directly to Soviet peasants
- Marker co-founded the SLON film collective, which made Far From Vietnam (1967)
- Series excluded Marker's documentaries The Train Rolls (1971) and The Last Bolshevik (1992)
Entities
Artists
- Aleksandr Medvedkin
- Chris Marker
- Viktor Koretsky
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Alain Resnais
- Agnes Varda
- Claude Leloch
- William Klein
- Michele Ray
- Joris Ivens
- Suzanne Zedet
- Nikolai Izvolov
- Costas Douzinas
- Slavoj Žižek
- Alain Badiou
- Zdenko Mandušić
- Catherine Lupton
- Robert Bird
- Emma Widdis
Institutions
- Film Studies Center, University of Chicago
- Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
- Soviet Arts Experience
- Leipzig Film Festival
- Société pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON)
- Rhodia textile factory
- University of Chicago
- Reaktion Books Ltd
- I.B. Tauris
- The New Press
- Verso
- Kinovedcheskie zapiski
- ARTMargins Online
- Film Studies Center
- Smart Museum of Art
Locations
- Chicago
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Paris
- France
- Washington, DC
- Leipzig
- Germany
- Besançon
- Congo
- London
- United Kingdom
- New York
Sources
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